CYCLING sprint sensation Becky James admitted she was still coming to terms with her double world champion tag after enjoying an Abergavenny homecoming yesterday.

James won two sprint titles in Belarus last month and was officially handed her pair of world champion jerseys at her family home.

The 21-year-old created history by becoming the first British rider to win four medals at a world championships after also picking up a pair of bronzes in the team sprint and 500m time trials.

“It was great for me to come back with four medals and double world champion,” said James.

“If somebody had told me that before I would have not believed them.

“It has started to sink in because Adidas have brought me the two world champion jerseys.”

James went immediately on holiday to Argentina after her famous victories to visit her uncle.

“That was a chance to switch off completely,” said James.

“The last time I had a proper holiday was after the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and I just wanted to get away.

“Although my uncle did show me my races on his Ipad which was quite surreal because I could not believe it was me!”

James has since returned and been content with supporting her boyfriend George North who was one of Wales’ Six Nations heroes.

“When I got back it was all about the last week of the Six Nations and George was focusing on that,” said James.

“I was at the Millennium Stadium against England last weekend.

“The atmosphere was amazing and felt so different to last year when they won the Grand Slam.”

James admitted dealing with the attention of being a sporting celebrity couple was quite challenging.

“It can be hard when you have people Tweeting about things,” said James.

“But we try and keep things quite normal.

“I have been recognised out in public a couple of times and I find that quite surreal.”

James’ focus remains on the sport in which she has made her name.

The Olympic road to Rio 2016 is in full swing as she bids to banish the disappointment of missing out on London 2012 where illness and injury restricted her to a reserve role to Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton.

“Rio is in the back of my mind but there is so much more to come before that,” said James.

“I have the World Championships to defend next year and the 2014 Commonwealth Games to think about first.

“I am going back into a block of training and getting some road miles before heading out for a 10-day training camp to Majorca in April.

“Then we have some small track races in the summer in places like Germany and it will be the World Cup events later in the year.”

The Commonwealth Games is where James made her name on the senior stage after picking up two medals in Delhi as an 18-year-old.

The World Championships and Glasgow 2014 will also allow James to take on Olympic sprint champion Anna Meares who was missing in Minsk last month after her London 2012 exploits.

James hopes to share her Glasgow Games with older sister Rachel in the Welsh women’s team sprint if organisers decide to include the event in the schedule.

“People are talking about equality in sport and the men have the team sprint in the Commonwealth Games,” said James.

“The Olympics has the discipline for the men and women so I can’t see why you can’t have it for the Commonwealths.

“There are a lot of competitive teams coming through who could participate in the event.

“Fingers’ crossed it will be included because it would be a massive lift for my sister who has put all her eggs in one basket and trained so hard.”

James was back at her Abergavenny Road Club yesterday to meet the new generation of cyclists in a training session before greeting the public at the Tony Pryce Sports shop in the town.

“This is important because you get so much support from the local people,” said James.

“I had a party just before I went away on holiday but it feels as if I have not been here too much.

“I am here for a week now so am happy to be catching up with everyone.”

And, as one of six siblings, Becky was also looking forward to catching up with her remarkable cycling-mad family.

As well as Rachel, Ffion, 15, is a mountain biker who rides for the national development squad, Megan, 13, the national road race champion in her age group, mother Christine finished runner-up in the over-50s national mountain bike championships, while brother Gareth was also a talented cyclist. And the family, with supportive father David a major driving force, also care for Becky’s sister Bethan who has been severely disabled since birth.

“My family have been so important and I can’t describe what support they have given me,” said James.